What is in This Collection?

This index is an electronic index for the years 1680 to 1930. This index is not complete for any particular place, region or time period. This collection may include information previously published in the International Genealogical Index or Vital Records Index collections.

Reading These Records

What Can These Records Tell Me?

The records in this collection usually contain the following information:

Name

Name of spouse

Marriage date and place

The records may also include:

Age

Parents' names

Birth date and place

Marital status

Name of previous spouse

Collection Content

Coverage Table

The Coverage Table shows the places and time periods of the original records in this collection. The table indicates how many records the collection has from each place. Most of the records in the collection are from the time periods listed in the table; however, the collection may have a few records from before or after the time period.

Locality

Baptisms, 1680-1930

Marriages, 1680-1930

Deaths, 1800-1920

Azuay

254,166

149,173

0

Bolívar

131,274

40,618

0

Cañar

49,553

17,241

0

Ecuador

5,225

408

32,117

El Oro

21,788

3,371

2,002

Loja

131,704

57,758

9,733

Manabí

0

2,492

0

Totals

593,710

271,061

43.852

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How Do I Search This Collection?

As you are searching it is helpful to know such information as your ancestor's given name and surname, some identifying information such as an estimated event date, residence, age, and family relationships.

Search by Name by visiting the Collection Page: Fill in the requested information in the initial search page. This search will return a list of possible matches. Compare the information about the ancestors in the list to what you already know about your ancestors to determine if this is the correct family or person. You may need to look at the information on several individuals comparing the information about them to your ancestors to make this determination.

What Do I Do Next?

When you have located your ancestor’s record, carefully evaluate each piece of information about them. These pieces of information may give you new biographical details that can lead you to other records about your ancestors.

I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now?

When looking for a person who had a common name, look at all the entries for the name before deciding which is correct

Use the residence and names of the parents to locate other church and land records

It is often helpful to extract the information on all children with the same parents. If the surname is unusual, you may want to compile marriage entries for every person of the same surname and sort them into families based on the names of the parents

Continue to search the other records to identify siblings, parents, and other relatives in the same or other generations who were born nearby

I Can't Find the Person I'm Looking For, What Now?

Civil registration records are also a good source of genealogical information. See Ecuador Civil Registration for further information. You should obtain copies of both church records and civil registration, when possible, since they do not necessarily provide the same information. For example, baptismal registers sometimes provide the names of the fathers of illegitimate children when the civil registration does not

There may be more than one person with the same name

You ancestor may be using a nickname or alias

Even though this is an index there may still be inaccuracies, such as altered spellings, misinterpretations, and optical character recognition errors if the information was scanned

A boundary change could have occurred and the record of your ancestor is now in a neighboring area. Search the records and indexes of neighboring cities, provinces, and regions

Your ancestor may have immigrated to another country. Search the records of nearby countries or immigration/emigration records

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